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MUFG appoints Vivian Sam to event finance team to lead its strategic client efforts in East Asia

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.’s (MUFG) banking entity, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) has appointed Ms. Vivian Sam as Assistant General Manager of Event Finance, Asian Investment Banking Division (AIBD). The Event Finance team was set up in September 2015 to provide sophisticated solutions for corporate clients doing business in Asia (ex Japan) and Oceania, and Ms. Sam will be responsible for expanding the unit’s business and client coverage in the East Asia region.

Ms. Sam joins BTMU today and reports to Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Deputy General Manager and Head of Event Finance, AIBD. She is based in Hong Kong.

AIBD is a business unit responsible for the promotion of corporate and investment banking products and services in the Asian region (ex Japan). AIBD currently focuses on four key areas -- project financing; securitisation; loan syndication and structured trade financing. 

Ms. Sam was formerly Director of Citigroup’s Capital Markets Origination and Acquisition Finance Group in Hong Kong. She brings with her 16 years of capital markets experience, having worked out of New York and Hong Kong and covering sectors from technology to e-commerce.

On this appointment, Mr. Kumar said: “Since its inception last year, the Event Finance unit has witnessed a growing amount of interest from corporate clients especially in the Greater China area. Vivian will be a welcome addition to our team and her experience will no doubt add momentum to efforts at supporting our clients in their strategic and balance sheet event-related activities in the Greater China region.”

Ms. Sam’s appointment reaffirms MUFG’s commitment towards recruiting world-class talent to drive its corporate and investment banking business in Asia. Apart from appointing Mr. Kumar to set up its Event Finance team last year, the bank also brought onboard Ooi Chenn Siong as Deputy General Manager, Regional Head of Loan Markets and Syndications with AIBD. Mr. Ooi is responsible for the bank’s debt syndication activity across the region.

Ms. Vivian Sam was appointed as Assistant General Manager of Event Finance, Asian Investment Banking Division (AIBD), at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s banking arm Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. She joined the team on 1 Dec 2016 and is based in Hong Kong.

In this capacity, she will be leading the end-to-end implementation of strategic, event-driven financing requirements of corporate clients across East Asia, which includes Greater China, Taiwan and Korea. Ms. Sam began her career in 2001 with Citigroup in New York, where her responsibilities ranged from managing real estate portfolios to loan and bond origination and syndication. In Sep 2006, she moved to Hong Kong, where she supported clients across Asia and was appointed as Director, Capital Markets Origination, Acquisition Finance Group, a role she held until joining BTMU.

Ms. Sam has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Cornell University, New York, USA. She has also been awarded Series 7 and 63 licenses from the US National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). 

Re-disseminated by The Asian Banker